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submission
thanosk writes:
After years of speculation and wild rumors it seems that Google's
online storage service will be available soon enough according
to The Wall Street Journal
The service could let users access their files via the Internet from
different computers and mobile devices when they sign on with a password,
and share them online with friends, according to the report
But then again Google has been able to surprise the public
with taking a completely different path as it did with the GPhone
397557
submission
harsha_c writes:
Z4 Technologies Inc. sued Microsoft and Autodesk Inc., maker of drafting software, in 2004, claiming the technology they used to activate newly installed software and deter piracy infringed on patents created and owned by David Colvin, the owner of privately held z4.
Commerce Township, Mich.-based z4 argued that Microsoft's Windows XP and Office 2003 suite of productivity software used its patented method of asking computer users to supply two passwords, or authorization codes, before they could fully use new software.In April 2006, a federal jury in East Texas ordered Microsoft to pay $115 million to z4, plus attorney fees and $25 million for willful patent infringement.The jury also ordered Autodesk to pay $18 million to z4.
397539
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Super Squirrel writes:
Google is looking to both revolutionize and standardize online data storage with a new service that will allow users to store documents and media, and access it remotely from other machines anywhere in the world. However, Google could be directly in the sights of large media corporations for allowing users to share their media through speedy remote data storage access.
397467
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TheLink writes:
Indonesia will not share bird flu virus samples unless richer countries agree to give developing nations control over their use and access to cheap vaccines, a spokeswoman from the nation's health ministry said on Monday (from: New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12961-indonesia-fights-for-rights-to-bird-flu-samples.html ).
328883
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yali writes:
A U.S. government survey of depression rates by job category has revealed some interesting results. The headlines are about food service and healthcare providers, who perhaps unsurprisingly have the highest depression rates. But buried in the official report is an interesting split. When the data are separated by gender, engineering is the least-depressing job for men. But it has one of the higher depression rates for women (fifth-highest among 17 job categories). Although women are generally at greater risk for depression, that does not fully explain the difference. 3.3% of male engineers have a major depressive episode per year (versus 4.7% of men overall). By comparison, the rate is 11.1% for women engineers (versus 10.1% overall). Is the engineering workplace an especially depressing place for women?
328237
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__aajbyc7391 writes:
By 2012, Linux will ship annually in 128 million mobile phones, or about 8.8 percent of all handsets sold, according to a new market research report. The report also forecasts a bright outlook for other open source mobile technologies, including Java, WebKit, and others. According to the report, from Informa, Linux in 2006 was the second most popular OS for smartphones sold worldwide, shipping in about 11.7 million handsets, the "vast majority" of which went to customers in Asia. Uptake in Europe and North America during 2007 is forecast to drive overall shipments close to 20 million, or about 17.3 percent of the smartphone market. From there, shipments are expected to nearly quadruple by 2010, reaching 27 percent of all smartphones by 2012. The article at LinuxDevices has a couple of interesting shipments forecast graphs — they're worth checking out.
328225
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Cliffe writes:
Novell has laid off the AppArmor developers, including Crispen Cowan AppArmor's founder and team leader.
"Novell wants the community to pick up maintenance and development of AppArmor. But tossing it in the wind and hoping is not good enough assurance for me, so now it's my business to go find sponsors who are willing to pay for AppArmor development," Cowan said. AppArmor is a Linux Security Module which Novell acquired and released open source last year.
